dabo mentioned on OT that he is still having some connection problems so I welcome you to the TAR vote thread. To enhance your voting pleasure please enjoy the rockin' sounds of our house band, Phil and the Nose Flutes.

The Rules

1. Put the name of your choice for this week's bootee in the subject heading. This is really easy, just erase the bit where it says "Re: Tar14 Fans ..." and replace with your vote, i.e. "Mel and Mike." This makes it easier to tally votes quickly and accurately.

Nicknames are tougher to tally unless they're really obvious without actually reading your vote, so please save the nicknames for inside your post and only use their proper names in the subject header. (Please note that if there isn’t a team name in the subject heading, the vote may not be counted.)

2. Non elimination episodes. If you feel there will be a Non-Elimination Leg (NEL) put down "Non-Elimination -- Team name" in the subject header to tell us who you think will finish last. If you feel there will be a continuation of this leg (Superleg) put down "Superleg" in the subject header.

3. Reply only to this post! We like a nice straightforward vote thread around here, that's just how it is.

3b. Vote changes. However, if it just so happens that you want to change your vote for whatever reason, reply to your own vote post! Your new post heading should read for example "VOTE CHANGE: Tammy and Victor."

4. This is not a discussion thread, do not treat it as such! There are plenty of places on the forum to debate the merits of people's arguments. Feel free to explain the reasoning behind your vote, though.

5. Have fun!

Remaining Teams

Cara and Jaime (Cheerleaders)
Lakisha and Jennifer (Sisters)
Margie and Luke (Mother/Son)
Mark and Michael (Brothers)
Mel and Mike (Father/Son)
Tammy and Victor (Sister/Brother)

Eliminated

Ep 1: Jennifer and Preston (Dating)
Ep 2: Linda and Steve (Married)
Ep 3: Brad and Victoria(Married)
Ep 4: Amanda and Kris (Dating)
Ep 5: NEL (Christie and Jodi finished last)
Ep 6: Christie and Jodi (Flight Attendants)

The board is waiting...good luck...post safe...VOTE!

• Superleg,dabo, 00:09 AM, 03-27-09
• Mark/Michael,ARnutz, 08:25 AM, 03-27-09
• Tammy/Victor,Max Headroom, 09:59 AM, 03-27-09
• Mark & Michael,Loree, 10:42 AM, 03-27-09
• Mark and Michael,Flowerpower, 04:50 PM, 03-28-09
• Mel & Mike,Belle Book, 06:03 PM, 03-28-09
• Lakisha/Jennifer,vince3, 06:24 PM, 03-28-09
  • RE: Lakisha/Jennifer,Belle Book, 10:04 AM, 03-29-09
• Mark/Michael,CTgirl, 04:35 PM, 03-29-09
• Mel/Mike,flipxcyd, 06:12 PM, 03-29-09
• Mel and Mike,Yogi, 06:42 PM, 03-29-09
• Mel and Mike,PepeLePew13, 06:54 PM, 03-29-09

LAST EDITED ON 03-27-09 AT 00:11 AM (EST)

And thank you moonie for starting this one.

Phil being there for Margie's collapse, very unusual. It just says superleg to me. I could be way wrong, just playing the odds here.

Phil doesn't interact with the contestants except at Pitstop stops. But there he is when Margie folds. We usually only see him speaking with them at the end of a leg, nothing else.

Unless it is a superleg. Guess what, you have to keep racing, this isn't a pitstop, keep racing. Or have a heart attack or collapse from exhaustion or something, that's what TV is all about.

And, yes, I am still having unpredictable ISP problems.

LAST EDITED ON 03-27-09 AT 08:25 AM (EST)

Their "dumb" luck will run out. It's too soon for another NEL... at least that is my hope.

Well, kidflash and I would be happy, anyway.

I am sticking with them until they are gone.

Too bad, I think that they were a fun team!

I think Mel & Mike get really lost in Phuket and are sadly Philiminated.

I'd have voted for them myself, but I'm part of another message board and one of the people on that one said that LaKisha & Jen will make the Final 5. So I had to choose another team, and since I think that Cara & Jamie, Mark & Michael and Tammy & Victor all make it to the Final 5, I had to choose between Margie & Luke and Mel & Mike. I think it's more likely that Margie & Luke make it to the Final 5, so that's why I chose Mel & Mike.

They've been making mistakes and bad decisions all season and they don't have much story, so I'm hoping they go home tonight.

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Mel and Mike

LAST EDITED ON 03-29-09 AT 06:55 PM (EST)

Thinking along the same lines as Belle Book with my vote for Mel and Mike.

They've had a great ride, but I don't see any lasting stories in their edit, while I do see a story arc still in place for most of the other teams, including Margie and Luke. I also get a sense that there's something more with Kisha and Jen than what we've seen so far, like there's something unfinished.

Then again, this is TAR, most of the editing rules don't work the same way they do for Survivor.